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Pensacola: Reeves avoids run-off, but not council races

D.C. Reeves needed 7,512 votes to avoid a run-off in the mayor’s race and received 7,680 votes – a 169-vote margin.

Reeves 7,680 – 51%
Jewel Cannada Wynn 3,000 – 20%
Steve Sharp 2,407 – 16%
Sherri Myers 1,935 – 13%

The mayor’s race had 1,253 fewer votes than the 2018 primary, which had six candidates.

In District 2, former Pensacola Councilman Charles Bare came out of the early voting with a commanding lead, trailed by Char Powell. These two will face off in November.

Charles Bare 677 – 41%
Brian Hoffman 352 – 22%
Char Powell 423 – 26%
Brian Wyer 184 – 11%

This race only had 1,636 votes cast. The last time D2 had a contested race was in 2014 and 2,512 people voted.

In District 6, challenger Allison Patton will meet incumbent Ann Hill in the general.

Ann Hill 919 – 36%
Mo Padden 566 – 22%
Allison Patton 1,096 – 42%

In the 2018 general election, 3,407 people voted with Ann Hill receiving 2,010 of the votes to win.

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